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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2000, p. 3632-3637, Vol. 182, No. 13
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of Sinorhizobium meliloti Genes Regulated during Symbiosis

Didier Cabanes,dagger Pierre Boistard, and Jacques Batut*

Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 215, CNRS-INRA, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France

Received 3 January 2000/Accepted 28 March 2000

RNA fingerprinting by arbitrarily primed PCR was used to isolate Sinorhizobium meliloti genes regulated during the symbiotic interaction with alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Sixteen partial cDNAs were isolated whose corresponding genes were differentially expressed between symbiotic and free-living conditions. Thirteen sequences corresponded to genes up-regulated during symbiosis, whereas three were instead repressed during establishment of the symbiotic interaction. Seven cDNAs corresponded to known or predicted nif and fix genes. Four presented high sequence similarity with genes not yet identified in S. meliloti, including genes encoding a component of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, a cell surface protein component, a copper transporter, and an argininosuccinate lyase. Finally, five cDNAs did not exhibit any similarity with sequences present in databases. A detailed expression analysis of the nine non-nif-fix genes provided evidence for an unexpected variety of regulatory patterns, most of which have not been described so far.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, UMR 215, CNRS-INRA BP27, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 5 61 28 50 54. Fax: (33) 5 61 28 50 61. E-mail: jbatut{at}toulouse.inra.fr.

dagger Present address: Unité des Interactions Bacteries-Cellules, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2000, p. 3632-3637, Vol. 182, No. 13
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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